Improvement in hose-nozzles



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Patented Nov. 30, 1875.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS N-PEIERS, PHOTOLITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEREMIAH TOOMEY, OF WOONSOOKET, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN HQSE-NOZZLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,604, dated November30, 1875; application filed lSeptember 30, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH TooMEY, of Woonsocket, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode- Island, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Hose- Nozzles; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the lettersand figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a central longitudinalsection of my hosenozzle; and Figs.- 2, 3, and 4 are detail viewsthereof.

This invention has relation to improvements in that class of hosenozzleswhich are capable of throwing a solid stream, convertible at pleasureinto a sprinkler; and it consists in certain arrangements, and inthenovel construction, of the various parts or devices employed, wherebyvery useful results are obtained, substantially as hereinafter morefullv explained and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, A. designates the body of my improvedhose-nozzle, consisting of two tubular branches, at c,'of any suitablemetal, crossing each other at right angles, and communicating with eachother. Branch ais provided at one end with afemale screw-thread, bymeans of which it is coupled to a hose-pipe; also, with a diaphragm, 0,having a central perforation, 0. At its other end it is closed by adiaphragm,

. d, from which rises a preferably cylindrical pipe, (1, through whichdiaphragm two openings, f, of oblong form are made, and it is providedwith amale screw-thread, e, by means of which a chamber, B, is attachedthereto. When this chamber is screwed into position pipe 01 projectscentrally through an opening in a rose, 0, forming the outer end of achamber, B. The body of the nozzle communicates with chamber B by meansof openings f, through which water will be discharged into the saidchamber, finding its exit in small diverging streams through theopenings of the rose. Branch a is closed at one end by a wall, g, theother end being open. and provided with a screw-thread, g, by means ofwhich a rotating plug or valve, D, is introducedinto the said valve, andis secured thereto by means of a nut, n. This valve has at each end adisk, t, fitting snugly into the bore of branch a, which disks areconnected with a central part, It, by means of metallic strips j. Thiscentral part is of semi-cylindrical form upon one side, 1), and conformsstrictly to the concavity of the interior of branch at, its otherside 1) being semi-cylindrical also, but 'in a plane at right angles tothe first side, and of considerably less diameter, by which anenlargement is formed, through which is cut a cylindrical opening, 1,(shown in Fig. 1,)

and two openings, 1, at right angles thereto. Disk 41 is provided with acylindrical shank, t", projecting through nut n, and forming a closejoint therewith, upon the outer projecting end of which is secured inany suitable manner a hand-wheel, E.

When this wheel is turned in a proper direction the cylindrical openinglwill register with pipe 61 and aperture 0 in diaphragm c of branch at;and, it'water be turned on, a solid stream, will issue from the saidpipe, the fiow being directed and guided through the said openings andpipe withoutinterruption, as though from an ordinary hose-pipe. In thisposition pipes d and apertures c lform acontinuous tube; and theirjoints being ground true no water will esc pe through them into therose, by this me s preventing drip, and the unnecessary t g 0f theclothing of the pipeman. If the mo t of the valve be continued, itscylindrical surface 1) will close the lower end of pipe d, thus cuttingoff water therefrom, and opening a communication with rose(] by bringingopenings f in the branch, and openings 1 in the valve, in line with eachother. The cylindrical surface 10 of enlargemento beingof less diameterthan the valve-casing, water will readily enter through induct 0, passaround the enlargement, and find an entrance into the rosechamberthrough openings 1 and f. By then reversing these movements thecylindrical surface of the valve willclose induct c, and entirely cutoff communication of water with the nozzle, either with pi ped or therose-chamber B. In order that these movements may be regulatedaccurately the outer surface of nut n is provided with an annulargroove, 1, into which a pin, 8, projecting inward from the wheel E, isreceived. Within this groove are secured at proper intervals stop-pinst, which will arrest the movements of the valve, and

secure the desired result.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a cut-oft hose-nozzle the combination, with the body A, having inductc, inductionopenings f, and piped, and the rose-chamherB, of therotating valve D, having openings land I at right angles to each other,and the semi cylindrical surfaces 10 19, also at right angles to eachother, substantially as specified. 1

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JEREMIAH TOOMEY.

Witnesses:

GEoRs-E A. WILBUR, EDWIN ALDRICH.

